After 40 years, Vince Gill still playing

Country crooner to play here Saturday

6:18 AM,
Oct. 7, 2013

Written by

Leonard Hayhurst
Staff Writer

Vince Gill has heard artists say "if I have to sing that song one more time again, I'll jump off a bridge." It's a sentiment he can't understand.

"I had so many years of struggling to get my foot in the door and having hit records," he said. "I just wished I had a song I could sing that was familiar to people. I made a vow to myself that if I had successful songs, I would never grow tired of singing something that did well."

Fortunately Gill, 56, has a number of such tunes to draw on from a nearly 40-year career for his Oct. 12 concert at Secrest Auditorium. The show kicks off the 75th season of the Zanesville ...